People have been making new year’s resolutions
and dieting unsuccessfully for over a hundred years. Ever wonder if there
were some new high tech discovery that could make a difference in your dieting success?
What about the latest discoveries in fat loss, health and nutrition, can
they make a difference? And what about the food industry? Are they actually trying to help you win the
battle of the budge or trick you into buying more food? If you failed at dieting
- yo-yoing back and forth with weight loss and gain, then this is the article for
you. This article will discuss the latest
and greatest news and discoveries in the weight loss industry, including high tech
gadgets, technique and supplements to help you win the battle of the waistline bulge.
So read the about the latest and greatest high tech weight loss secrets and learn
the how to lose weight and keep it off in the 21st century.

NutriMost Resonant Frequency (NRF) technology – One of
the newest and exciting technologies in the weight loss industry is NRF. All things
in our world have a resonance frequency. This is a new leading edge science that
we have recently rediscovered in the 21st century (I say recently because Hindu
texts talk about this concept going back some 4,000 years). A company called NutriMost
has developed a system that uses an RF scanner designed to measure the Resonant
Frequencies of the human body. Their system creates a hormonal fingerprint of the
factors that pertain to an individual’s weight gain and fat retention. In essence,
it develops a recipe to address nutritional deficiencies, hormone imbalances and
substances that are toxic to that person. This recipe is very specific and according
to the NutriMost folks works 100% of the time to help a person lose fat and reach
a state of better health.

I personally have spoken with people who swear by this
system and I have seen hundreds of video testimonials by
individuals who have lost significant amounts of weight (20 to 40 lbs.) in as little
as 40 days! The Local NutriMost franchise I visited
was Vibrant Life Health Center in Jacksonville. They gave me access
to speak with their clients. I am sure you are skeptical about such claims as the
internet is ripe with miss leading advertising. All such claims should be vetted
thoroughly. Having said that, the sheer number of testimonials and the
people I have talked to have convinced me that their system works for those who
are committed to using it. Check out their blog here.

Check out this Nurses testimonial.

Health and Activity Trackers – Health and Activity Trackers are not new. They have
been around for over twenty years (if you count pedometers). In the last 5 years
we have seen the rise of health and activity trackers
that utilizes computer technology and the cloud to greatly enhance the information
they provide the wearer. These aren’t your daddy’s pedometers that only provide
steps, distance and estimated calories burned. These new devices have their birth
lineage based in the athletic performance monitoring industry. Many of the newer
devices are more accurate, measure heart rate, exercise intensity, pace, sleep and
more. There are also exercise specific devices and some that are jacks of all trades.
Most couple this exercise information with a food intake journal allowing the wearer
to accurately measure the difference between calories consumed verses calories burned. This metric is vital for people looking to lose weight. The part that these devices
help with

the most in my opinion is that they effortlessly measure your physical
activity and they make it much easier to record and measure your food/water and
calorie intake on a daily basis. Most come with cloud based smartphone apps that
allow you to organize your daily activities and food consumption data. It’s been my experience that knowing your “daily
numbers” for calories burned verses calories consumed goes a long way in helping
anyone achieve their weight loss goals. Many of these products also include support
mechanisms such as online support groups, recipe databases, social media based competitions
and support. Top US players in this industry
include Fitbit, Garmin, Polar,
Misfit,
Jawbone
and Under Armor. Be sure to read Wearables 2.0 - Rise of the trackers
on this blog.

Smart phone Apps – The internet and cloud based applications have
revolutionized the ways we can track our food and exercise. There are a lot of free
and low cost smartphone apps (not associated with activity trackers) that can help
you stay the course to better health, wellbeing and improved lifestyle. There are
dozens of free apps that have pre-defined food databases, allowing you to easily
look up the nutritional value and calories of many of the foods we buy in stores
and eat in restaurants. No longer do you have to carry a 3-inch-thick paperback
book of food that has to be repurchased each year. Apps and websites like MyFitnessPal,
Fooducate,
Lose
It, My Fitness Buddy and Eat This

Not That, can provide the
detailed, accurate information needed to make wise health decisions about the food
you eat to the type and duration of exercise you engage in. They can be accessed
via computer, tablet or smartphone, making quick and easy access, organization and
tracking of your behavior much easier than in the past. There are apps that will
track various types of exercise and of course there are apps to help with getting
the information and support you need to reach your goals. On top of that, many activity
trackers allow you to plug these popular applications into their apps, so you can
integrate large databases of food and exercise tips.

Cool Gadgets to Burn Calories Fast and Save Time – Most of us
want to burn calories as quickly as possible. By the same token, most of us who
exercise also want to spend the least amount of time in the gym, on the treadmill
or in any kind of exercise we engage in. I don’t know about you, but I want to spend
more time with my family and friends and less in the gym. Well, if you can cut the time in half that you
devote to exercise, would that make life better? One of the more recent discoveries
are the newest type of exercise programs. Two of which are Interval and circuit
training. Both of these routines burn more calories per time spent than your daddy’s
old exercise routines, especially if they incorporate multiple muscle groups in
each session.

First, Some Machines that have stood the Test of Time - When researching
this article, I

looked for new devices that could cut down the typical 30 to 45-minute
exercise time frame in half. My research revisited several exercise machines that
report to do just that. But before I get to the machines that cut your time in half,
I want to mention a few old standby that has stood the test of time. Number one - rowing machines
and Number two – Total Gym type machines.

Let’s start with the rowing machine. That's
right, a rowing machine! A rowing machine engages most of your lower, middle and
upper muscle groups with every stroke you make. Rowing is not an easy exercise,
nor is it fun or exciting. However, it is a very efficient way to exercise. If you
want to take your rowing machine workout to a higher tech level, you can use your
tablet for video and blue tooth headphones for sound or music to improve your rowing
experience. The same can be said if you use an elliptical or treadmill machine.
Although these machines don’t profess to cut your exercise time in half, they do
burn significant calories in 30 minutes or less. I typically burn right around 300
calories in 18 minutes when using my old Health Rider (which is a type of rowing
machine). You can’t get the original Heath Rider any more (except used) but if you
do get one, they are simple to use and last forever as well.

Now for the Total Gym. This machine has been around
for several decades (since 1984)

and was made famous by none other than Chuck Norris,
who as a long time user of that product. He aired his first commercial using the
product in1997 and the legend has grown since then. It has been released in about
a dozen different models ranging in price from $199 to $3,795. This is a great product
because it is simple, it allows you to change from exercise to exercise quickly
and it folds up for storage. Because of its design, you can do both weight and cardio
training simultaneously. Can stomach the higher priced models? There are several
copycat type products on the market. One by Weider, called the Total Body Works 5000,
can be had for $120 at Walmart. These machines last forever (mine is 20 plus years
old and works like new).

When researching for new state of the art exercise machines,
I found a heard of relatively new players that fit the bill by burning more calories
while still giving you a quick workout, so you can get on with your real life. Let’s
look at my contenders.

Yowza Fitness Cardio Elliptical –
This elliptical provide a super smooth, no impact motion and has
a unique upper body resistance mechanism where your arm motion works on exercising
your core. It comes equipped with a spread of electronic and monitors (depending
on which version you buy) and it is highly rated by consumer affairs and others
who rate elliptical machines. It's not cheap. The starting price is $1,399 with
the top model coming in at $2,699!

Yowza Cardio - Check it out.

Bow Flex Tread Climber - This product
been around for a few years and reports to burn 2 to 2.5 times the calories you
can burn on a treadmill or stepper during the same amount of time. On their website
most of the testimonials talk about a 30-minute workout. What I like about this
product is that it’s simple – you just walk! This product has lots of positive reviews
and it is a well built and popular device. Its primary drawback is that it's relatively
expensive. The entry level price for the new model is $2,199 (when discounted).
You can find lots of reviews on YouTube for this product. As mentioned earlier,
it is a tried and proven product, but like any exercise machine that burns a lot
of calories in a short period of time, it requires you to do the real work!

Bow flex Max Trainer – This product
reportedly burns 2.5 times as many calories in the same time interval as any machine
it was tested against. However, they don’t
actually say who they tested it against in their ads. It seems to have many of the
features of the Tread Climber but in a very different configuration. It combines the action of a stepper, tread climber
and elliptical all in one. It also engages both upper and lower muscle groups in
the exercises. The electronics also incorporate interval training as part of the
routines you can select. Again, this machine is not cheap with and entry level price
of $999 with the top model running $1,599. This product’s advertising states that
you can complete your workout in 14 minutes because you are engaging more muscles
groups and interval training to maximize your burn. You can find mostly positive
reviews on YouTube for this product, although they are more mixed that the tread
climber.

Check out the Max Trainer

The XLR8 Rom 4 Minute Cross Trainer
– This is the Mac daddy of exercise products claiming to cut exercise
time to only 4 minutes! This company’s advertisement states that you can get a full
body workout in just four minutes – both for strength and cardio – period. You can view lots of YouTube videos on this product
as it's been around for several years now. The newest model, called the XLR8 look
cleaner, as the inner workings are now covered. From what I can see the machine
put the emphasis on Work in your workout. Their claim to fame is not that you will
get more for less. They basically state that they just minimize the time you’re
agonizing during your workout. There is no doubt that working out hard for a short
period of time builds muscle. Plus, moving from exercise to exercise quickly also
build stamina. However, with a price tag
of $8,999 (refurbished) to $13,999 (new), it will only be showing up in gyms of
the rich and famous or people’s homes who have money to burn, as well as calories.

Check out this 4 Minute Workout!

Regardless of what you choose, there are a few techniques and tips
that will increase your chances of success. These techniques will not make you successful
overnight. However, they will succeed 100% of the time as long as you don’t quit.

Commitment - Make a commitment to long
term change towards a healthy lifestyle. This requires the understanding and belief
that there are no real short cuts only the adoption of lifelong learning along with
the adoption of a healthy lifestyle.

A Strong Belief
in the Important of health - Having or acquiring a strong belief in the value of self is very important.
People who love themselves and are willing to spend time taking care of themselves
will succeed. If you don’t believe you have real value, you won’t take care of yourself.

Regular exercise
– Many scientific
studies show that regular exercise “turns on” a multitude of youthful genetic expressions.
Engaging in regular exercise is like taking an elixir of youth, except it takes
15 to 45 minutes to swallow it.

Recording your
food consumption habits and calories – No one can eat more calories than they burn, if they want to lose
or maintain a healthy weight. Journaling what you eat will help anyone discover
what works and what doesn’t.

Everyone can use
some support - Incorporating your friends and family as part of your support system
will make it easier to achieve success. By the same token, friends and family can
sabotage your efforts as well, so make sure you find people in your support system
who really want you to succeed.

Medical and Nutritional
supervision –
Make sure the medical professionals who are helping you on your journey are well
versed in exercise and nutritional expertise.
I have found that Chiropractors have a good background in these fields and
generally want to help you in this area.

Eat 5 to 7 smaller
meals each day - There is a lot of evidence that
shows eating smaller meals often (say, every two to three hours) helps stop hunger
and increase fat loss. Of course, eating the right kinds of foods and staying within
your calorie limits help as well. I suggest eating nutrient dense foods that are
low glycemic in nature like green leafy vegetables, low glycemic fruits, moderate
amount of nuts, modest amounts of lean non red meats and dairy. Each person is different,
but staying away from processed foods is best.

Drink a minimum
of 5 to 8, eight ounce glasses of water each day - Most of us don’t drink enough
water each day. Our bodies need water to
function properly and it’s important in fat burning. Often people believe they are
hungry, when in fact they are actually dehydrated.

Proper supplementation
is vital - One of the most common mistakes people make when
beginning a weight loss program is not supplementing properly. It’s easy to not
get the proper minimal daily amount of vitamins and minerals when you're exploring
new ways of eating and exercising. Make sure you are consuming a high quality multi-vitamin
with minerals each day.

In this article I have explored six high tech devices, several apps,
new exercise methodologies and new discoveries that make it easier to burn fat and
lose weight, than ever before. This article further provides 9 additional weight
loss tips that will help any reader achieve their wellness and weight loss goals.

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As
if this world wasn't wired enough, there's a movement afoot to use technology
to bring the "Internet of Things" concept to the dinner table. Realizing
that consumers are obsessed with diet, weight loss, food allergies and a host
of other nutrition-related bugaboos, academics, technologists and entrepreneurs
are all looking to cash in by designing and marketing gadgets and apps under
the guise of "The Internet of Food." Everything from automated
food scanners and tracking sensors embedded in meat & produce (can you
say "Connected Cow?"), to AI-driven diet algorithms designed to help
you count calories will soon be the norm. In today’s blog, I will
endeavor to show you how your relationship with the edibles is going to go high
tech in a hurry.

Belly Up to the Buffet

Whether
you get your food advice from your mom, your friends, the airwaves or the
Internet, it’s readily apparent that Americans are a food-obsessed nation. Since the turn of the century, we have seen
chefs turned into media icons and how-to divas like Martha Stewart into
multi-millionaires. (Her reported worth
in 2016 is $650 million.) And let’s not
forget the other side of the coin where an entire multi-billion-dollar industry
has sprung up for those of us who have had too much of a good thing. Dieting in the 21st century is worth more
than $60 billion per year. So whether your interest in food is to eat better,
eat healthier or simply to find a way to eat less, until recently each of these
topics was something of a personal crusade.
But as with all else in this wired world, things are about to go high
tech.

everything from internet-enabled refrigerators to wearable fitness
bracelets and clothing that monitor and report on everything from the number of
steps you take in a day to your vital signs.
There are even apps that allow people to scan packages in the grocery store
to alert them about nutritional content and/or potential food allergies. However, until recently, all these IoT
appliances and software were simply stand-alone utilities that, while useful,
could not connect diet and exercise with the user’s health conditions and
preferences.

All
that changed in late 2015 when Scottish professor Maged Boulos an expert in
digital health at the University of Highlands and Islands in Inverness,
Scotland proposed that the same technology used to enable objects to collect
and exchange information could be applied to food. That’s right, the same nation that gave us
such delicacies as haggis, neeps and tatties is at the forefront of a
revolution that is soon going to change your relationship with the grocery store,
not to mention your favorite restaurants.

Already
there is a movement afoot by several industry partners, including Cisco, to
create and deploy systems, sensors and devices the aim of which is to “improve
the safety and transparency of the ways that food is produced, delivered, and
consumed.”

While
you have no doubt heard of smart fridges, you probably have yet to hear about connected cows. In an August 2015 post
by theguardian.com, it was revealed that, “These cows aren’t simply tweeting
their position to online followers.
Under a project run by Dr. Jonathan Amory at Writtle College, sensors
are tracking dairy cows to help farmers spot illnesses earlier, creating an
early-warning system for disease that hopefully cuts suffering for the animals
and improves milk yields.”

Even
more interesting is the fact that the same technology that can be used to
better our bovines is also being deployed to help save the embattled
honeybee.

Bees are in trouble. Their
numbers have been in sharp decline, and no one is entirely sure why. One
explanation for colony collapse disorder (CCD), as the disaster is known, is a
type of mite – and researchers at the University of Minnesota and a firm called
Eltopia have a solution that pops the plague like popcorn while keeping bees
and hives safe.

“We
have printed circuitry on PLA (corn-based) plastic film that is coated with
beeswax and impressed with a honeycomb pattern upon which the worker bees can
draw out the comb,” said co-founder Aaron Seelye. “The ink is a special type
that can both act as a temperature sensor one moment, and a heater the next. By
taking cues from the environment, we can interrupt the reproductive cycle of
the Varroa Mite, which is widely considered the leading cause of CCD.”

IoF
technology goes far beyond connected cows and I-bees. It’s also at the heart of developing plants
that not only resist pests, but can be grown to order. “The
hardware sensors are similar to what you see in any semiconductor plant,” said
Enrique Andaluz, Director of Strategic Business Development for Worldwide
Discrete Manufacturing at Microsoft. Indeed, Fujitsu’s test bed is a chip plant
that’s been converted to grow IoT-managed plants. “The information is picked
from building sensors that control temperature, humidity, CO2, light intensity
and other factors that affect the ‘perfect conditions’ to grow crops.” That
data is handed to Microsoft’s Azure cloud, where it’s analyzed for reports and
to send alerts about its care.

All
this data means it’s possible to fine tune the conditions to grow low-potassium
lettuce. “To reduce the level of potassium at home, you typically cook the raw
vegetables to change their internal chemical composition,” said Andaluz. And
who wants cooked lettuce? “Fujitsu has been able to produce a raw lettuce with
less than 80% of potassium content as compared to traditional grown
lettuce.” From
the distribution perspective, everything from “Smart Seeds” to “Distribution
Robots” are being designed and built to connect with and communicate to the
global food production system. Faced
with an ever-growing population combined with the stresses associated with
global warming, it is thought that the only way to ensure the safe and economic
production of food is via technology.
Far from only affecting the global scheme of things, the Internet of
Food will also have a profound difference for consumers as well.

The Opposite of Garbage
In, Garbage Out

The
past ten years have seen the emergence of a global food chain where products
are sourced from around the world. Some
of these products are genetically modified, some are grown using questionable
standards. As a result, many US
consumers are concerned about the safety of food purchased in grocery stores
and restaurants. (The 2015 media storm
caused for the Chipotle restaurant chain is certainly not an isolated
incident.) A recent blogpost on
foodtechconnect.com entitled “Reconnecting Diners & Chefs to ensure a
Better Food Future” sums it up nicely.

When
you look at the mainstream food industry over the past couple of decades
however, providing quality products has typically been an obstacle to success.
The consumer demand for quality was too diluted to overcome the inertia of ubiquitous,
highly processed “cheap” food. Defining success by pure economics meant that
most foodservice operators have been engaged in a dangerous price-driven race
to the bottom. This race leaves food quality and consumer health out of the
equation and ultimately contributes to a public health crisis with massive
economic and environmental consequences.

Today’s
rising obesity and diabetes rates are accompanied by growing healthcare costs
and environmental concerns as a result of our food choices. And as the alarming
economic forecasts loom, government-led initiatives continue to emerge.
Mandatory menu labeling is going national, and new dietary recommendations for
the first time, take into account environmental sustainability. While the
long-term impact on consumer demand and food quality of such measures remains
to be seen, it’s clear that the intention is to amplify consumer awareness
around food choices.

Obviously
tracking of products from spawn to spoon would be one big leg up on this
health-related issue. Technology also
provides a number of ways for consumers to cut out the middleman by growing
their own produce either indoors or out.
Check out one such innovation from Grove.

From
an evolutionary it wasn’t so long ago when farming was humanity’s chief
occupation. Today there are very few US
citizens that know how to grow much else then their lawns. (and they usually dump a ton of herbicides
and pesticides on even that) This has
opened up a niche for entrepreneurs who design, manufacture and ship all manner
of self-contained vegetable gardens for consumers. Some of these systems provide technology
(either hardwired or AP based) that takes the work out of raising veggies. Some are soil-based while others are
hydroponic growing systems. One thing is
for sure, families don’t have to worry about where these edibles come from
since they are homegrown.

If
like me, you have been saddled with a brown thumb, there are other options that
will soon be coming to a kitchen near you.
One of them would be food printers, like the Foodini. Introduced in a Kickstarter campaign by
Natural Machines, the $1,000 contraption is programmed to deliver ready-to-cook
meals such as pasta and pizza at the press of a button. An excerpt an article on Foodini explains how
the machine makes ravioli.

How
often have you made homemade ravioli? Rolling out the dough to a thin layer,
adding the filling, adding the top layer of dough, and then cutting it to size
takes time. Let Foodini do it for you. Simply load the dough and filling into
Foodini, and Foodini will print individual raviolis for you. The 3D printing of
food – in this case, creating a layer of pasta, a layer of filling, and
covering it with a layer of pasta again – is assembling the ravioli. The same
as you would do by hand, except Foodini automates it: you don’t have to
manually do all the work… Foodini does it for you. Less mess in your kitchen,
more time to do other things. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/03/31/3d-printer-foodini-food-kickstarter/

Speaking
of cuisine, in the near future consumers will be able to shop for diet plans
the same way they currently shop for cars.
That’s largely due to the fact that like our web-enabled, sensor laden
automobiles, the tech tools that will help you count calories and stick to both
a diet and exercise plan will soon merge into an integrated off-the-shelf
package.

Imagine
what it would be like to be able to walk down the aisle at the supermarket with
a smartphone app that would not only assist you in selecting the products that
have the right nutritional value for your specific needs, but that would also
assist you in planning your weekly menu.
Then couple this with an exercise monitoring device such as FitBit that
would be integrated into the system and that has been tasked with helping
motivate you into burning off the calories.
It would come down to a high tech case of cause and effect. Here’s what Professor Boulos as quoted in ablogon foodmanufacture.co.uk has to say about this concept.

“Such
an Internet of Food could provide context, user-specific insights and
intelligent recommendations based on an individual’s health needs,
circumstances and profiles at any given time. Such an application could also
help to advise users about any essential ingredients lacking in their diet.”

So
what you will eventually be able to take advantage of is an intelligent system
that will customize a diet and exercise plan to your exact needs and
wants. Plus, you will have a feedback
protocol that will motivate you into sticking with the program. When coupled with smart appliances, this
should make for a lively discourse concerning who or what is ultimately in
control of the situation.

“Open
the refrigerator door please, Hal.”

“I’m
sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

“What’s
the problem?”

“I
think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.”

“Give
me a damn popsicle before I rip your guts out, Hal!”

In
this article I have discussed how the food industry is entering the Internet of
Things age. This article explores how the food industry starting to utilize
sensing devices and internet connectivity to monitor food growth, production
quality and safety the implications of these new usages will have repercussions
for a long time to come.

If
you found this article useful please share it with your friends, family and
co-workers. If you

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